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George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy
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Expert Commentary
Taxes
Consumption Taxes | EconLib
Scott Sumner
August 26, 2022
Expert Commentary
Taxes
Our Hidden Taxes on Thrift | EconLib
Scott Sumner
August 24, 2022
Radio Appearance
Taxes
Tax Cartel; & What is to be Done? | The John Batchelor Show
July 14, 2022
Expert Commentary
Taxes
Shed No Tears for the Floundering Global Tax Cartel | Creators
Veronique de Rugy
July 7, 2022

Policy Briefs
Taxes
Explaining the Debate Surrounding President Trump’s Payroll Tax Deferral
Charles Blahous
October 28, 2020
Public Comments
Regulation
Accounting for the Opportunity Cost of Capital in Cost-Benefit Analysis: Public Interest Comment on the Marginal Excess Tax Burden as a Potential Cost under Executive Order 13771
James Broughel
February 20, 2020
Policy Briefs
Taxes
POLICY SPOTLIGHT: Wealth Taxes
Veronique de Rugy, Jack Salmon
February 10, 2020
Policy Briefs
Government Spending
Revisiting the Proposal for a Wealth Tax
Veronique de Rugy, Jack Salmon
February 7, 2020

Books
State and Local Tax Policy
For Your Own Good
Adam J. Hoffer, Todd Nesbit
January 3, 2018
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Government Spending
The Hidden Cost of Federal Tax Policy
Jason J. Fichtner, Jacob Feldman
December 8, 2015
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Urban Economics
Federalism and the Constitution: Competition versus Cartels
Michael S. Greve
May 22, 2015
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F. A. Hayek Program
American Federalism: How Well Does It Support Liberty?
Richard Wagner
May 6, 2014

Expert Commentary
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Consumption Taxes | EconLib
Scott Sumner
August 26, 2022
Expert Commentary
Taxes
Our Hidden Taxes on Thrift | EconLib
Scott Sumner
August 24, 2022
Expert Commentary
Taxes
Shed No Tears for the Floundering Global Tax Cartel | Creators
Veronique de Rugy
July 7, 2022
Expert Commentary
Taxes
Killing 4 Birds With One Stone | EconLib
Scott Sumner
June 22, 2022

Radio Appearance
Taxes
Tax Cartel; & What is to be Done? | The John Batchelor Show
July 14, 2022
Radio Appearance
Taxes
Biden Gas Tax Pause | Freedom Works Radio
June 24, 2022
Radio Appearance
Taxes
Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday | The Lars Larson Show
June 21, 2022
Radio Appearance
Taxes
Global Minimum Corporate Tax | The John Batchelor Radio Show
November 4, 2021

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